Ayyye this week was FIRE!
The rules have been easing up and we got permission to have in person lessons with people who are healthy and keep a distance, and to contact a little on the streets so that was a huge blessing! Over 50 days of quarantine was way to much but its ight I learned a lot from it and I learned how to do a ton of new things. Saturday we were just packed with lessons, service and a member dinner. We started off the day by helping this guy with his yard work. We helped put in some stairs to a balcony and put in some mulch around the garden areas to make it look nice. Except, I don't think these guys realized how steep the hill was and that all the bark was going to slide down in a day. I mentioned it to them and they were like, "oh ok" so they went and bought some stuff and we rigged something up and made her look pretty. After that we had planned to go on a walk with this lady we are teaching, we decided to ask the sister missionaries to come with, they did. It went really well and she ended up bringing a friend, we talked about life and how the book of Mormon has helped her. She pretty much gave us a referral and now we will be teaching them both which was awesome. Then we hurried and ran home to catch an online appointment with this guy who lives out in the boonies of Norway and it went super well. He started off by telling us he knows "a lot" about our church and the history of it. After he was all done he brought up the good ol Revelation scripture that every one and their dog uses to denote the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon. And it made me think of a quote by Bruce R McConkie... it says
"If an occasion arises where an Elder cannot in honor refuse a debate, then it may be proper for them to engage in the discussion. In such instances they will always come off victorious, the truth is with the saints and will stand of it's own self."
So I opened up the Book of Mormom and Bible and showed this guy in a kind loving manner the truths that stand in these two books. His response was pretty surprising as he said, "Well I've never thought of it in a way like that. I've met a lot of missionaries and they've never discussed that with me. Now can I write those scriptures down and study them again? " It was great! After that lesson we did some service for a member here and then they fed us salmon, salad and potatoes. I'm not really fond of Norwegian food most the time because they seem to just get everything out of a bag but man when they do cook the fish here is so good it was delicious!
After that we came home and had a lesson with our good friend who's had a lot of progress. He started off with some questions about the gold plates and different things so we opened up and read the accounts of the witnesses. The spirit was super strong and you could tell he was feeling it. He then goes, "look guys I have felt the spirit and I think I can say I know the Book of Mormon is true, I really hope it is. I look at the life of an LDS member and it looks so happy. They just have it good, their lives are in order, they have good morals and it doesn't matter their economic status they all love and help each other and no one is above someone else." I then said, "well does that sound like something you'd like in your life because I can testify to you that those things are true!" He then proceeded to open up to us about all the things going on in his life and how difficult it would be to make the necessary changes. So I opened up to Nephi's story when he had the same feelings. We read chapter 3 in 1 Nephi verse 7. And we told him God doesn't give us a commandment we can't handle and that he WILL provide a way for us to do the necessary things for Salvation. You just have to trust him man! The spirit was super strong and he said, "well before I make my decision I need to attend a sacrament meeting in person not just online." So we said that sounds great. I'm stoked for him and looking forward to when we can go with him. Just a testimony to me that prayer works and that the most powerful tool is bearing testimony of truths that stand in the Book of Mormon.
Pretty solid week for sure and it ended even better! Today we went out fishing again... the amount of times I have tried to catch a monster here is uncountable. But today was my lucky day, we set our stuff down, and after Elder Templeton took a hard fall off the rocks and basically went swimming, I got my line in the water. First cast I got her stuck in some seaweed and was ticked because I thought it was deeper at that spot. But next cast I through it farther and it landed right where I wanted it. I started reeling it in and then bam I thought I snagged another rock or something, after pulling and tugging I realized this things moving. I start pulling and reeling and realized this things a tank. All of the sudden the tail flipped out of the water and she was a big mama. After fighting this thing for quite a while I pulled her right in! My adrenaline was pumping because I didn't want to lose it. Pulled her right up and took some pics. The thing was heavy, had to have been at least 10 pounds and it was exactly what I hoped for. Norwegian Cod baby! I was stoked, I gutted her out and walked home with this hunk of fish hanging off my backpack and all the people we walked by were like, "wow you got a nice dinner there" ha it was great. I filleted her up and made some proper fish n chips for the sister missionaries, Elder and Sister Jackson and Elder Templeton and I. It was a hoot for sure! Super dope week hope you all are staying safe!
Eldste Spaddy
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